License-plate carrier



c. g. JONES.

LICENSE PLATE CARRIER. APPLICATION BLED JULY 8.192].

Patented Nov. 14, 1922.

Patented Nov. 14, 1922.

oLnss E. JONES, or cnAwnoRnsvILLE,"INDI NA.

LICENSE-PLATE cumin-ER.

Application filed as s, 1921 Serial No. 483,308;

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CLEss E. JoNEs, a

citizen of the United States, residin Crawfordsville, in the county of 5 gomery and State of Indiana,

at onta new and useful License-Plate Carrier, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to lamp supports or brackets, the primary object of the invention being to provide a lamp bracket especially desi ned for use at the front end of a motor vehicle, whereby the license plate at the front of'a vehicle may be illuminated by the light rays projected from the headlights.

Another object of the invention is to provide a combined lamp support and license bracket, the same being constructed for at tachment to the side rails of the chassis of the vehicle, thereby relieving the front out tion.

departing from the spirit of the inven- Referring to the drawing Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a combined lamp support and license tag bracket constructed in accordance with the present invention. A y

2 is an end elevational view of Figure the same.

. Figure 3 is a plan view thereof.

Referring to t he drawing in detail, the

have invented device includes a bar having right angled ends 5, the portion between the ends which is indicated by the reference character 6 being designed for supporting "a licenseftag,

there \being provided suitable openings formed therein'to receive the bolts to-secure the tag thereto.

The extremity. ofeach right angled end PATENT OFFICE.

5 extends rearwardly as indicated at '7,so

that the same may be bolted to the upper surfaces of. the side rails of the chassis associatedtherewith, the extremities 7 being such as will lie fiat on the upper surfaces of the side jrails.

As shown, the head-lamps 8 are bolted to the bar 6, so that the openings. 9 ofthe lamps will project the light rays laterally onto the tag supported between the lamps.

If it is desired to su'pportthe lamps 8 on the bracket in a manner to provide a floodlight, the lamps may be positioned in the openings 10 of the right angled ends 5,

thus moving the .lamps a apart.

Having thus described the invention, what isclaimed as new is greater distance In a device of the character described, a

bar having downwardly extending portions formed with right angled extremities, the

right angled extremities providing supporting means by which the bar may be secured to the chassis of a motor vehicle, and said bar having openings to accommodate lamp supporting bolts.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aiiixed my signa-' ture 111 the presence of twowltnesses.

y oLEss E. JONES.

\Vitnesses: i

CLAYTON ROGERS, AvAIRD' :EADS. 

